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A federal judge has struck down a law that for more than half a century has banned licensed gunsmiths from selling guns to young people under 21. The decision, dated Wednesday, represents a major setback for advocates of better gun control as they try to convince Congress to ban younger …

The East African Community (EAC) has urged Democratic Republic of Congo’s leader to respect regional states’ move to deploy forces in an attempt to stabilise eastern parts of his country, the BBC reported. President Félix Tshisekedi on Tuesday accused the East African force of not doing its job, warning if …

The US ambassador to Pretoria has made a damning accusation against the South African government – and it seems to have caught South African officials off-guard. Ambassador Reuben Brigety says that the US has reliable intelligence that South Africa supplied arms and ammunition to a Russian ship which had docked, …

“The Little Mermaid,” the most anticipated film to hit theaters on May 24, 2023, had its world premiere on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. In the aftermath, young African-American Halle Bailey was praised for her starring role as Disney’s first black princess in live action. This has inspired many black …

No fewer than six passengers died after being stung by bees when the bus they were traveling in crashed on the road in Nicaragua, Central America, according to reports. “The driver encountered mechanical problems and lost control of the school bus in the municipality of San Sebastián de Yalí,” reports …

The Assin Fosu District Court has remanded a 34-year-old man in custody for subjecting his son to mutilation and torture after catching him at a gaming center in Ghana. “The father started to discipline the child right at the game center before extending the assault home,” the Chief Inspector Benjamin …

A federal university of Bayelsa State student reportedly collapsed and died after overdosing on a popular illicit synthetic drug known as Colorado in Nigeria, according to reports. “The deceased was celebrating a recent breakthrough on an Internet fraud deal with his friends when he accidentally consumed an excess of the …

A 29-year-old Internet fraudster has been arrested for plotting with his mother to use his sister for a money ritual in Lagos, Nigeria, according to reports. “My mother was the one who took me to a native doctor and i was asked to sacrifice a sibling i loved the most,” …

A 40-year-old man drowned in the Oda River while chasing a grascutter at Chiransa, in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “Three hunters went to hunt for grasscutter in the bush before the incident,” according to the Unit Committee Chairman of the area, Benjamin Amponsah. They saw a …

Ugandan High Court judge Stephen Mubiru on Tuesday convicted six people of murdering two South Sudanese businessmen at Juba City hotel at Arua Park in Kampala and injuring another in 2018, DailyMonitor reported. Justice Mubiru found the six guilty of murder, attempted murder and aggravated robbery. However, the judge acquitted …